Pacific Ministerial Meeting for Meteorology and Officials List (updated 01/08/2017)
Name |
Designation | Country |
Ms. Jacinta Brown | Deputy Director, Homeland Security, Pago Pago, American Samoa | American Samoa |
Ambssador Patrick Suckling | Australia's Ambassador for the Environment | Australia |
Mr. Andrew Yatilman | Director Office of Environment and Emergency Management FSM National Government | FSM |
Honourable Inia Seruiratu | Minister for Agriculture, Rural & Maritime Development & National Disaster Management Robinson Complex Building, Raiwaqa Fiji | Fiji |
Honorable Aaron Cook | MP, RONPHOS, Nauru Rehabilitation Coorperation and Nauru Utilities Corporation, NAURU | Nauru |
H.E Don Higgins | New Zealand High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands | New Zealand |
Honourable Dalton Tagelagi | Minister of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Office of the Premier, Fale Fono, Alofi, Niue | Niue |
Mr Kevin Luana | Assistant Secretary, Department of Transport, Port Moresby National Capital District Papua New Guinea | PNG |
Honourable Fiame Naomi Mataafa | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resoruces and Environment | Samoa |
Mr. Ulu Bismarck Crawley | Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources | Samoa |
Hon. Samuel Manetoali | Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology | Solomon Islands |
Mr. Chanel Iroi | Under Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology | Solomon Islands |
Honorable Kelihiano Kalolo | Department of Economic Development, Natural Resources and Environment | Tokelau |
Mr. Mikaele Fatia | Director, Department of Economic Development, Natural Resources and Environment | Tokelau |
Honourable Siaosi 'O. Sovaleni | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications Nukualofa, Tonga | Tonga |
Mr. Asela Peneueta | Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Communication and Transport | Tuvalu |
Honourable Ham Lini Vanuaroroa | Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management Port Vila, Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
Mr. Silas Aru | Political Advisor to the Minister | Vanuatu |
PMC-4 Meteorological Services Directors and Delegations (updated 27/07/2017)
Name | Designation | Country | |
Mr | Rob Webb | Deputy CEO of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology | Australia |
Mr | Ben Churchill | Acting Manager International Affairs, Australia Bureau of Meteorology | Australia |
Mr | Scott Power | International Development Manager/Head of Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology | Australia |
Mr | Arona Ngari | Director, Cook Islands Meteorological Services | Cook Islands |
Mr | Joe Berdon | Director, Chuuk National Weather Services | FSM |
Mr | Ravind Kumar | Director, Fiji Meteorological Services | Fiji |
Mrs | Isabelle Leleu | Director, Meteo-France, French Polynesia | French Polynesia |
Mr | Ueneta Toorua | Director, Kiribati Meteorological Services | Kiribati |
Mr | Reginald White | Director, RMI National Weather Services | Marshall Islands |
Mr | Barassi Botelanga | Director, Nauru Emergency Services | Nauru |
Mr | Hugues Ravenel | Director, Meteo-France New Caledonia | New Caledonia |
Mr | Doug Ramsay | Manager, Pacific Rim, NIWA | New Zealand |
Mr | Alan Porteous | Climate Scientist, Group Manager-Climate Data and Applications, NIWA | New Zealand |
Mr | Graham Elley | Principal Scientist-Environment Monitoring, NIWA | New Zealand |
Mrs | Rossylyn Mitiepo | Director, Niue Meteorological Services | Niue |
Ms | Dliwei Maria Ngemaes | Director, Palau Meteorological Services | Palau |
Mr | Samuel Maiha | Director, PNG National Weather Services | PNG |
Mr | Mulipola Ausetalia Titimaea | Director, Samoa Meteorological Services | Samoa |
Mr | Tile Tofaeono | Principal Scientific Officer, Climate Services, Samoa Meteorological Services | Samoa |
Mr | Takeshi Matsumura | JICA volunteer (IT engineer), Samoa Meteorological Service | Samoa |
Mr | Chanel Iroi | Under Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Meteorology and Disaster | Solomon Islands |
Mr | Lloyd Tahani | Acting Director, Solomon Islands Meteorological Services | Solomon Islands |
Mr | Mikaele Fatia | Director, Tokelau Department of Economic Development, Natural Resources and Environment | Tokelau |
Ms | Loia M. Tausi | Manager, Tokelau Department of Economic Development, Natural Resources and Environment | Tokelau |
Mr | 'Ofa Fa'anunu | Director, Tonga Meteorological Services | Tonga |
Mr | Tauala Katea | Director, Tuvalu Meteorological Services | Tuvalu |
Mr | Raymond Tanabe | Meteorologists-In-Charge, NOAA, Hawaii | United States of America |
Mr | Davidson Gibson | Director, Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazard Department | Vanuatu |
Mr | Jerry Timothy | Manager, Forecasting Services, VMGD | Vanuatu |
Ms | Esline Garae | Manager, Geo-hazards Section, VMGD | Vanuatu |
Mr | Levu Anfalo | Senior Forecaster, VMGD | Vanuatu |
Donor and Partners List (updated 27/07/2017)
Organisation | Contact | Designation |
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | Prof. Petteri Taalas | Secretary General, WMO |
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | Ms. Mary Power | Director, Development and Regional Activities Department, WMO |
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | Ms Lina Sjaavik | Project Officer, WMO |
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | Mr Henry Taiki | WMO Rep for the Southwest Pacific |
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | Ms. Lina Sjaavik | Project Officer, WMO |
WMO RA V / PICS Panel Chair | Dr. Andrew Tait | WMO RA V / Chair Pacific Islands Climate Services Panel |
Chair, WMO RA V Working Group for Hydrological Services | Mr. John Fenwick | Chair, WMO RA V Working Group for Hydrological Services |
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) | Mr. Leota Kosi Latu | Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) |
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) | Mr. Espen Ronneberg | Acting Director, Climate Change Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) |
Bureau of Meteorology | Mr. Rob Web | Group Executive, National Forecast Services, BOM |
APEC Climate Center (APCC) | Dr. Hong-Sang Jung | President, APEC Climate Center, Busan, Korea |
Bureau of Meteorology |
Mr Ben Churchill |
Acting Manager International Affairs, Strategy, Parliamentary, International and Communications Branch, Bureau of Meteorology |
Bureau of Meteorology | Mr Scott Power | International Development Manager/Head of Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology |
Bureau of Meteorology | Ms. Agata Imielska | Bureau of Meteorology |
Bureau of Meteorology | Mr. Grahame Reader | State Manager, WA, Bureau of Meteorology |
CSIRO | Mr Geoff Gooley | Programme Manager, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Australia |
DFAT Australia | Mrs Sandra I'Anson | Climate Change Program Manager, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia |
DFAT Australia | Mr. Raymond Bojczak | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia |
ICAO | Mr. Peter Dunda | Regional Officer Aeronautical Meteorology and Environment, ICAO |
IFRC | Ms. Kathryn Clarkson | Head of IFRC Suva Office |
IFRC | Ms Olivia Warwick | IFRC |
IFRC | Ms Stephenie Zoll | DRM Coordinator, Country Cluster Support Team, IFRC |
JICA | Ms Rina Kurumisawa | Assistant Resident Representative of JICA Fiji Office, JICA |
JICA | Mr. Koji Kuroiwa | JICA Expert, Fiji Meteorological Services |
NIWA | Mr Doug Ramsay | Manager, Pacific Rim, NIWA, New Zealand |
NIWA | Mr. Alan Porteous | Group Manager, Climate Data and Applications, NIWA |
NOAA | Mr. Raymond Tanabe | Director of the Pacific Region, National Weather Services, NOAA |
NOAA | Ms. Jennifer Lewis | International Affairs Analyst, NOAA |
RIMES | Mr. A. R Subbiah | Director, RIMES program Unit, RIMES, Thailand |
SPTO | Mrs. Christina Gale | Manager, Sustainable Tourism Development, SPTO, Fiji |
UNDP | Mr. Noud Leenders | Project Manager, RESPAC, UNDP |
UNDP | Ms. Lynelle Potpot | Team Leader. Resilience and Sustainable Development, UNDP, Suva, Fiji |
UNDP | Ms. Azusa Kubota | Country Manager, UNDP, Solomon Islands |
UNESCAP | Mr Iosefa Maiava | Head of UNESCAP Pacific Operations Centre, Suva, Fiji |
UNOCHA | Mr. Sune Gudnitz | Head of UNOCHA Pacific Office, Suva, Fiji |
UNOCHA | Ms Vinie Talai | Humanitarian Coordination Specialist, UNOCHA Solomon Is. |
USP | Ms. Elisabeth Holland | Director, Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, USP, Fiji |
Green Climate Fund (GCF) | Mr. Joseph Insitful | Climate Services Specialist, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund, Korea |
APEC Climate Center (APCC) | Dr. Jin-Ho Yoo | Team Leader, Climate Prediction Team, APCC, Busan, Korea. |
APEC Climate Center (APCC) | Dr. Yun-Young Lee | Research Fellow, APEC Climate Center |
APEC Climate Center (APCC) | Dr. WonMoo Kim | Research Fellow, APEC Climate Center |
APEC Climate Center (APCC) | Ms. Bo Ra Kim | International Project Manager, APEC Climate Center |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland | Mr. Matti Numelin | Senior Environment Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland |
Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI) | Mr. Matti Eerikainen | FINPAC Project Manager, Finland |
IPCC | Dr. Joy Pereira | IPCC Vice of Working Group 2, IPCC |
JAXA | Ms. Moeka Yamaji | Researcher, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
JAXA | Mr. Kinji Furukawa | GPM/DPR Project Manager |
RESTEC | Mr. Tsugito Nagano | Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) |
RESTEC/Ministry of Environment Japan (MoEJ) | Mr. Shin Furun | Climate Change Specialist, RESTEC-MoEJ |
IOC/UNESCO | Mr. Rajendra Prasad | UNESCO/IOC Programme Officer for DRR/TW |
UCAR/COMET | Mr. Edward H. Young Jr | RANET Pacific Communications Project Coordinator - UCAR/COMET |
Pacific International Training Desk, UH | Ms. Jennifer Strahl | Lead Meteorology Instructor, Pacific International Training Desk |
Pacific International Training Desk, UH | Ms. H. Gingerlei Porter | University of Hawaii / Pacific International Training Desk |
Pacific International Training Desk, UH | Ms. Christina Higa | University of Hawaii / Pacific International Training Desk |
FAO | Ms. Rosemary Kafa | Assistant FAO Representative, Solomon Islands |
Taiwan Central Weather Bureau | Mr. Chia-Ping Cheng | Director, Meteorological Information Center, Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan |
Taiwan Central Weather Bureau | Mr. Hsiu-Wu Chang | Deputy Director-General,Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan |
Taiwan International Climate Development Institute | Mr. Kung-Yueh Chao | Executive Director, International Climate Development Institute, Taiwan |
Tonkin Taylor Co Ltd | Mr. Bapon Fakhruddin | Senior DRR and Climate Resilience Specialist |
Pacific Community | Dr. Audrey Aumau | Deputy Director General, Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji |
Pacific Community | Ms. Sylvie Goyet | Director, Climate Change & Environment Sustainability, Pacific Community |
Pacific Community | Ms Litea Biukoto | PREP Programme Manager, Geo-science Division, Pacific Community |
Pacific Community | Mr Jens Kruger | Manager, Oceans and Coastal Geoscience,Geo-science Division, Pacific Community |
Pacific Community | Ms Molly Powers-Tora | Coordinator, Ocean Intelligence, Pacific Community |
Pacific Community | Mrs Rhonda Bower Robinson | Deputy Director Water and Sanitation Programme, Geo-science Division, Pacific Community |
Pacific Community | Mr. Peter Sinclair | Water Resources and Assessment Coordinator, Geo-science Division, Pacific Community |
Pacific Community | Mr. David Hebbelwith | Coordinator - Water Governance, Geo-science Division, Pacific Community |
Independent Consultant | Ms Satui Bentin | Regional Evaluator |
Mr. Anthony Freeman | Country Director & Representative | |
Temoana Consultancy | Ms. Carla Fonseca | Observer |
Fenner School of Environment and Society | Dr. Ian White | Emeritus Professor Water Resources |